OneDrive search not working

Anonymous
2019-01-18T18:32:33+00:00

The search function in the top left doesn't return any results. It used to return results if the given search term appeared in either a file name or the body of a file.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-30T21:56:24+00:00

    Thanks. How have you found the search functionality of Dropbox?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-30T21:53:27+00:00

    Thanks. It's bloody frustrating. How have you found the search functionality in Google Drive?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-30T15:53:34+00:00

    RTipton12 - I did exactly the same thing. I ended up having to go back to dropbox because the search in OneDrive is absolutely useless. I've been monitoring this thread for a while hoping that there would be a fix. I also was in contact with MS support, but they said they needed to elevate the issue, and I haven't heard back from them for months, even after asking about the status.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-19T01:37:07+00:00

    Besides using the "everything" software the search, I find another way.

    After you sync:

    1\ write : dir /s [sync] >file into a new txt file.

    for example: dir /s E:\Save\ >1.txt

    2\ change the txt file into a bat file

    3\ run the bat file and you will get 1.txt which include all the file name on the onedrive.

    4\ Open 1.txt and search the file which you want.

    5\ you can delete the sync fold on your local disk

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-19T00:19:28+00:00

    I still have the problem. But I use everything(a software) to search the local disk and find the file which I want.

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